Couponing: Organization

Okay, a lot people organize their coupons in different ways.  I do what is most common, sort of.
I have two three ring binders.  One huge one with the storage for pens and stuff.  That is my main one.  Inside that, I have dividers and baseball card holders.  My dividers have 12 sections and I use 11 of them.  Some people use more, some use less.  My sections are as follows: Refrigerated goods, frozen goods, baking isle, cereal isle, seasonings, canned/boxed goods, ready to eat foods, beauty products, health products, cleaning products, and all else.  Okay, so obviously yogurt goes in the fridge and chex goes in the cereal, but to make it easier, I have noticed that most stores keep a lot of items on the same isles.  So you will find kids gummy snacks in the cereal isle, therefore in my binder it goes in the cereal section.  Vitamins go in the health whereas deoderant goes in the beauty.  Simple enough. You can find what works best for you if you decide to do this.
My other binder is much smaller.  It's a five-star as well, but it doesn't zip, it's has a cloth edge where the bindings are, and it comes with paper and dividers.  Two of the dividers have a thing so you can slide in normal papers and it has a part to hold 3x5 cards.  Three of the dividers are kind of like manilla envelopes.  I use the two dividers for when I prep and plan to go to a store.  So I go through all of my coupons (I will explain this in the next post) and pick out what I am going to use.  The printed list I make (you don't have to print) goes in the main part and the coupons all go in the 3x5 part.  The other sections will be for store coupons.  Such as Walgreens, Target, and restaurant coupons I get.
Another organization method I have seen is using one of the small old fashion organizers that fans out.  They sell them now specifically for couponers or you can buy one for 3x5 cards or whatever.  A lot of people in my town use those it seems like.
The last type of organization I have seen is the full on file holder.  It's where you take a filing cabinet with several files.  The drop in ones with the hooks are used for months.  The individual files hold magazines and coupon inserts.  The people use them put the name and date on them.
The only thing I can stress to help cut back on time when going through this is to keep a master list. If you have a gadget handy, there are apps to store information.  I have a coupons app on mine (not the coupons.com app which will let you browse and send coupons to your e-mail) that tells me when mine are going to expire or have expired.  It seems like a hassle, but believe me, this saves time.  I'm not sure if you need to do this if you do the huge filing cabinet, but I would assume most do.  There's also excel or just a piece of paper.
All you really need is a way to glance quickly at said list and see if you have a coupon.  It's so much easier than seeing an unadvertised sale and flipping through your binder wondering where you put it.  It's also much easier when you plan your outings and shaves some time off (it doesn't make completely easy).
I do this so when I have time at a store, I can bring in both binders and really browse.  I also have the option of only looking for things on my list when things are tight.  You don't need two binders.  Everything works slightly different for everyone and you will get your groove after a few weeks (or in my case, a few months since I had to figure it out on my own).